Spartan 12W Executive

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Spartan 12W Executive
Spartan Model 12 Executive NX21962.jpg
Spartan 12W Executive
General information
TypePersonal luxury transport
National origin United States
Manufacturer Spartan Aircraft Company
Statusonly one prototype completed
Number built1
History
Manufacturedcirca 1946
First flightcirca 1946 [1]
Developed from Spartan Executive

The Spartan 12W Executive was a tricycle gear post-war development of the Spartan 7W Executive, produced by the Spartan Aircraft Company. [2] The 12W was intended to have higher performance and be more economical than the 7W. [1]

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Design and development

After World War II, Spartan aircraft Company president J. Paul Getty was unsure of the market potential of a new executive aircraft. [3] After building just one model 12W Executive (NX21962), the manufacturer lost interest in luxury aircraft and focused on constructing travel trailers instead. [4] The sole example produced was owned by Spartan Aircraft and employed at their flight training school in Tulsa, Oklahoma. [1]

The Spartan 12W Executive features magnesium alloy wings and tail surfaces and range extending wing tip-tanks. The magnesium alloy skin quickly corroded and was replaced with aluminum alloy. The tip-tanks were also removed. [1]

Aircraft on display

Spartan Aircraft flight training school eventually sold the Spartan 12W. Over the years, the aircraft passed through a number of private owners' hands. The 12W was restored in 1967 and in 2012 was retired. The 12W is now on static display at the Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium. [5]

Specifications

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Spartan 12W Executive

Data from Aerofiles [1]

General characteristics

Performance

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Eckland, K.O. "American airplanes: Spartan." Aerofiles.com, October 6, 2007. Retrieved: August 27, 2017.
  2. ↑ Taylor 1989, p. 983.
  3. ↑ "Spartan History." spartanexecutive.com, 2003. Retrieved: August 28, 2017.
  4. ↑ Donald 1989, p. 853.
  5. ↑ Stewart, D.R. "One-of-a-kind Spartan Model 12 plane comes home to Tulsa." Tulsa World, September 28, 2012. Retrieved: August 27, 2017.

Bibliography

  • Davisson, Budd. "Spartan Executive." Air Progress, March 1971.
  • Donald, David. Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada: Prospero Books;, 1997. ISBN   978-1-8560-5375-4.
  • Taylor, Michael J. H. Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 1989. ISBN   978-1-8517-0324-1.
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